City of Rocks · Photo: Levieuxchiendetalus · CC BY-SA 3.0Oakley’s library logs 1.2 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Oakley District serves 1,780 people in and around Oakley. Last year it lent 8,277 books, movies and e-books and logged 2,150 visits.
Oakley’s library, in brief
Open only about 13 hours a week
The Oakley branch keeps short hours: about 13 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Runs on less money than most
Oakley District spends $10 per resident, less than 97% of similar-size libraries (typical: $54). What your card is worth ↓
Fewer visits than most libraries its size
Oakley District records 1.2 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, below 89% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing holds up better, at 3.5 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Numbers are the library’s own report to the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024; Oakley District serves 1,780 people in and around Oakley, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Oakley’s civic life grade
Oakley isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
Civic life counts registered nonprofits, library visits and online volunteering groups, so it can miss civic life that runs through congregations, mutual aid or neighbors looking out for each other.
Library visits: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024. Nonprofits: IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File, October 2026. Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. How TownRatings grades civic life →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Oakley District serves 1,780 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 13 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Oakley District system. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
8,277 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
2,082 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card.
38 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Find it
Oakley District, 185 E Main St., Oakley.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Good at every Oakley District branch.
New in Oakley? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $7.07 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Oakley cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $18K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $125K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $18K budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
Retail prices are typical, rounded down: a new book $17, a kids’ book $12, an e-book or e-audiobook $15, a movie rental $4, a class or program $10, a computer or Wi-Fi session $3. The average cardholder’s month = the library’s yearly loans, attendance and Wi-Fi sessions ÷ its 850 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Oakley District serves 1,780 people in and around Oakley, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Oakley.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average; libraries are compared with others serving about as many people. How TownRatings uses library figures →
Questions about the library and civic life in Oakley
Does Oakley have a public library?
Yes. Oakley District, 185 E Main St., serves 1,780 people in and around Oakley (the survey’s count) and is open about 13 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Oakley District fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Oakley’s library?
It logged 1.2 visits and lent 4.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Oakley’s civic life grade?
Oakley isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Oakley.
Libraries: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Each library reports its own numbers. Distances are straight-line from the town center. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.